a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
"After signing the lease, she began making her monthly rent on time every month."
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
"The landlord's annual rent exceeded his expectations because the new irrigation system made even the marginal fields on his estate far more productive than before."
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
"The old canvas had a nasty rent where the rope had chafed against the wood."
A tear or rip in some surface.
In plain English: Rent is the money you pay to live in someone else's house or apartment.
"She signed a lease to rent an apartment for two years."
To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
"The storm was so violent that it rent the windows from their frames, leaving shards of glass everywhere."
simple past tense and past participle of rend
In plain English: To rent something means to pay money to use it for a specific time without owning it.
"They decided to rent an apartment near the city center."
That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
"The old fabric of his coat was completely rent by the sharp thorns in the briar patch."
In plain English: Rent describes something that is not owned but is being used temporarily by paying for it.
"The rent-controlled apartment was much cheaper than the market-rate ones nearby."
Usage: Use this adjective to describe something that has been violently torn apart, often implying damage caused by force rather than simple cutting. It is frequently confused with the verb form of tear but specifically emphasizes a state of being split open into pieces.
A surname.
"My neighbor, Mr. Rent, always waves at me when he walks his dog in the morning."
The word rent comes from the Latin verb reddere, which means "to give back." It entered English via Old French and originally referred to income derived from land or property rather than a payment made for its use.